Tag: What the Bible says about restoration

Bible Verse of The Day – 3-7-22

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV) 14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

This is a scripture that I’ve heard quoted hundreds of times over the last 30+ years. And it’s for a good reason that it is so often quoted.

It is to the point and powerful.

Almost every time I have heard this verse quoted, it has been related to the condition of a nation.

But as I was pondering on this verse over the last few days, God showed me that there is a wider scope for this. So, let me share that with you today.

What God said in the verse above is what I’d like to call, “God’s Blueprint for Restoration”, even on a personal level.

If we look closely at the action points of that verse, we can see that they give us all of the steps necessary for us to be restored into God’s presence and His “good graces”, for lack of a better phrase, when we have fallen away.

It shows us how to go from being totally separated from God by our sin, to walking in His favor again, one step at a time.

This is not just for nations. It’s for each and every believer as well.

So, if our relationship with Him is falling short, especially because of sin in our lives, here’s how we fix that.

First, we recognize that we are separated from Him. Then, we humble ourselves before Him, acknowledging our sin or our failures.

Then, we go to Him, and we pray, seeking His face (His presence), confessing our sins to Him, and asking Him to forgive us.

Last, but certainly not least, we sincerely (genuinely) repent, turning from the very sins that have separated us from Him. And we turn from those sins on a permanent basis, not just temporarily in an effort to try to win God’s approval.

If we do this, and our heart is sincere (which is the key to everything in our walk with God), He will hear us and forgive us. And He will heal our “land” (our personal walk with Him and the things in our lives that were being affected by our sins).

This is very powerful once we understand the truth and the depth of it.

Again, our heart has to be sincere. These words are not just a 4-step self-help program to make us a better person.

They are words spoken by God Himself, so we need to recognize and honor the gravity of them and what they represent.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-3-17

Psalm 23:3 (NKJV) 3 He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.

Some of us today need restoration. We need a change of heart. Our desires are all messed up, twisted and perverted.

We have been led down a path of destruction from an early age. We learned how to live a life of rebellion and lawlessness. We learned how to get away with things that we shouldn’t be doing, and It doesn’t bother us to do something wrong.

We think we are invisible; no one can see us, we will never get caught and nothing can happen to us.

We keep repeating our actions, even when we say, “this is the last time I’m going to do this”. We have come to realize that we don’t have the willpower within us to stop it. So we just give in and we give up trying.

Up to this point, it has defeated us over and over again. We know that time is running out. It has caused havoc, sadness and depression in our lives. And we feel at times that we are worthless.

God has sent His Son to restore our soul; and lead us down the right path. Our life isn’t worthless. It means a lot to the most High God. He loves us even in the state we are in right now.

Would you pray a prayer of restoration?

Dear God,

I come to You in the name of Your Precious Son, Jesus Christ, who has laid His life down for Me.

I am truly sorry for all that I have done and I want to be restored. My heart aches and I don’t know how to change things. I don’t have what it takes to fix these things and stop the pain that I feel day and night.

Would You forgive me Lord, and lead me down the path of righteousness? I ask You today with everything in me.

Restore me, Lord, and lead me down that path You have for me.

Thank you. Amen

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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